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Mexico, Brazil Advance
On Solid Economic Data

Markets in Mexico and Brazil ignored malaise on Wall Street Thursday to advances on strong economic data, but Toronto's shares remained mired in U.S. apathy and finished flat.

In the U.S., Wall Street wrote off some genuinely upbeat data about the job market, but warmed to the words of Alan Greenspan, who vowed to leave interest rates low for some time despite the economic acceleration. Major indexes started to turn after the Federal Reserve chairman spoke.